PMID: 7513106May 1, 1994Paper

Natural history of prostatism: worry and embarrassment from urinary symptoms and health care-seeking behavior

Urology
R O RobertsS J Jacobsen

Abstract

To assess the interrelationships among psychosocial symptoms of worry and embarrassment about urinary function, prevalent urinary symptoms, psychological well-being, and health care-seeking behavior in a population-based cohort of men. A cohort of 2,119 men aged forty to seventy-nine years, randomly selected from the Olmsted County, Minnesota population between December 1989 and March 1991, were administered a previously validated questionnaire that elicited information about the frequency of urinary symptoms, the degree to which they were perceived as a bother, and if the participant had seen a doctor in the previous twelve months for evaluation of any of these urinary symptoms. Psychological well-being was assessed by a subset of the Psychological General Well-Being Index, and sociodemographic information was also sought. Urinary symptom indices (measured by American Urological Association frequency and bother scores and psychological general well-being subscales) were significantly associated with worry and embarrassment about urinary symptoms in bivariate analyses. Multiple logistic regression analyses demonstrated that men with moderate or severe urinary symptoms or impaired psychological well-being were more likely to be ...Continue Reading

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